HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY Talk Nerdy To Me, Lover (@TNTML)!!!!
Oh. em. gee. nerderinos, I cannot for the LIFE of me believe that it has been two years since launching this loverly site.
I say it all the time, but I very genuinely cannot thank you all enough - thank you thank you thank you for the support, love, and sponsorships in keeping this community up and running.
The angry, depressed, girl from Connecticut that still lives inside of me cannot believe how easy all of this was, and how effortless it was once I clicked into my bliss. I am honored to write for you all everyday, and to find more and more amazing people to bring on board. (If you want to write for us, 1. don't suck and 2. email me JenFriel at TalkNerdyToMeLover d c)
We are growing INCREDIBLY fast and it is amazing to watch something get bigger than you. Here I was two years ago after a twitter conference on my roommate's bed (mine was still in storage) just wanting my heart to stop hurting and for my lovers to talk nerdy to me.
In two years we have grown to ...
A group of over 50 writers
In house staff of 6
A new media production company with a scripted, and unscripted TV show, and a book deal.
With adventures including ...
Crashing the 2010 grammys to meet Pete Cashmore
Riding along in a taxi cab in Vegas on a Friday night between 4-6 am
Riding cross country with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top
Learning how to drive stick on the Ford race track
Dudes, did I mention I also met Han Solo?
There have been ...
178 posts mentioning the word "gnarly"
373 posts mentioning the word "rad"
1,775 posts mentioning the word "dude"
And 5,875 posts in total. (Dudes, TWO YEARS!!! almost 6K posts?? INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE!!)
I've gone from sleeping in a car, to sleeping on couches, to traveling around the country, to now having a home, and going back to traveling around the country.
I've gotten to the heads of networks, heads of studios, the CEOs of a whole slew of internet companies, I am now in business with the person that I respect the MOST in the tech industry (who I met when I crashed the Grammys to meet his boss) all while wearing my vans, taking the city bus, or riding my bike.
This website is my heart, my soul - my life and coming from being a loner without a friend in the world to being accepted by so many ... it blows me away. Literally. Blows. Me. Away.
I am humbled, honored and SO FUCKING READY to get this party started. Shit got real, nerderinos ... and while the "twos" are supposed to be terrible, I have quite the feeling this is going to be the BEST. YEAR. EVER!!!!!!
Thank you thank you thank you.
Thank you to all the writers, staff and sponsors that have made the last two years possible - and thank YOU the people who keep reading and talking nerdy to me in social media. Means. The. World. To. Me.
Thank you.
Still can't believe it all worked, but hahahahahahaha this is all just the beginning!!!
Oh how the nerds are uniting.
Ohhhh ... how ... the ... nerds ... are ... uniting.
All my love and all my heart. Now who wants to make out?
Oh and want to come to our birthday party Saturday???
Beer + karaoke = series of poor decisions!!
#WINNING
